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and they have a role in maintaining the peaceful global security environment. if the issue is that they're not part of that global security environment, then i think we have to be concerned about that. >> so -- [inaudible] >> well, i think we're, we're hopeful that they're part of the security environment, and we're doing everything we can possible with our, with the chinese at least on the mil to mil to try to bring them into the security environment in a way that's already fairly mature globally, in a way that they are productive part of that environment. >> [inaudible] >> mike gibbons from the times. admiral, since the strategy was changed to focus efforts towards your area of the world, what would you say are the most important capabilities you've actually been able to add to pacific command than what you had before? >> well, i'd like to note we've only been at the rebalance publicly for less than a year, so strategies often take time to be able to gets a sets and policies in place. but i think the most important thing was what we did at the beginning was t
and they have a role in maintaining the peaceful global security environment. if the issue is that they're not part of that global security environment, then i think we have to be concerned about that. >> so -- [inaudible] >> well, i think we're, we're hopeful that they're part of the security environment, and we're doing everything we can possible with our, with the chinese at least on the mil to mil to try to bring them into the security environment in a way that's already fairly...
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and shouldn't that be the prevailing environment assumption? >> you make a very important point in terms of the fact that the actuarial review was done, not today, but at a point with economic projections that are primarily in july over the summer. so it is accurate but interest rates have dropped further than where built into the primary, actuarial view. there are two offsetting factors to that. one is that home prices have performed better than were used in the actuarial. based on what we know today, even for this year, the actuarial would be significantly better to perform today, just on that one variable. the second point is that the actuarial review is a point in time that assumes that we do no further fha business. one of the things that is artificial about it if i could use that term, is when interest rates go to work, it assumes people pay out faster. that is accurate. what it doesn't take into account is typically half of those folks refinancing to an fha loan. the submitted nature of the actuarial, taking a snapshot in time, assuming
and shouldn't that be the prevailing environment assumption? >> you make a very important point in terms of the fact that the actuarial review was done, not today, but at a point with economic projections that are primarily in july over the summer. so it is accurate but interest rates have dropped further than where built into the primary, actuarial view. there are two offsetting factors to that. one is that home prices have performed better than were used in the actuarial. based on what...
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and so even in a post strike environment if iran wanted to reconstitute the nuclear program , is it true that it's still dependent on essential parts of the components from the west and do we have a problem with nuclear smuggling? >> without outside assistance, which is ongoing, iran would not have a large center pacific -- a centrifuge program now. it's dependent extensively on assistance from -- to times when that assistance was provided. they have been smuggling dual use goods that since the 1980. they talked about it when there were more open. and so very dependent, and they are active now. there was just a court case, some smugglers this was yesterday. .. in the sanctions legislation but imposition of the additional licensing requirements on the goods being sold to iran which in essence would serve as sanctions on iran but the point is that china needs to be pressured to stop the loophole in the system internationally that is being created to keep iran from the centrifuge program, and that effort overtime has had tremendous success, and with more and more sanctions it has been more
and so even in a post strike environment if iran wanted to reconstitute the nuclear program , is it true that it's still dependent on essential parts of the components from the west and do we have a problem with nuclear smuggling? >> without outside assistance, which is ongoing, iran would not have a large center pacific -- a centrifuge program now. it's dependent extensively on assistance from -- to times when that assistance was provided. they have been smuggling dual use goods that...
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they a different labor environment there. the workers at the saturn plan are members of the united autoworkers. but it is a right-to-work statement and over the last 30 years there are probably a dozen large assembly plants in the southeastern part of the united states sms there are about 1,000 suppliers in our state. what has been the effect of the arrival of the art owe industry in tennessee? it attracted, aamong other things, by our right-to-work law? one-third of our manufacturing jobs are auto jobs and what's been the effect on the united states? it's kept in the united states a competitive environment for those who want to sell cars in the united states, can make them in the united states. and if we hadn't had that competitive environment, most of those cars would be made in mexico or some other place around the world. you don't believe me, read david halverstam's work, a book called "the reckoning" about the american auto industry. the big three carmakers, united autoworkers, had enjoyed setting wages, prices, got nonc
they a different labor environment there. the workers at the saturn plan are members of the united autoworkers. but it is a right-to-work statement and over the last 30 years there are probably a dozen large assembly plants in the southeastern part of the united states sms there are about 1,000 suppliers in our state. what has been the effect of the arrival of the art owe industry in tennessee? it attracted, aamong other things, by our right-to-work law? one-third of our manufacturing jobs are...
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-- in protecting our environment and in helping americans live product tiffed and fulfilling lives. as i luke back over the last -- as i look back over the last 30 years, many of the arguments that have consumed our time here in the senate, whether on questions of spending or taxes or regulation or fiscal policy, those questions have divided between those who saw government as the problem and those who believed that it could and should be a constructive force for helping the american people deal with problems. and i consider myself furthermorely in the second camp -- firmly in the second camp. in each of the major areas of national concern, i'd like to be able to report progress for the country, since i arrived in the senate. unfortunately, the record of progress is not so clear. in many areas we've made progress, but there are also instances where we have lost more ground are than we have gained. and as issues continue to be reconsidered, i'm reminded of the well-known statement that success is never permanent in washington. as regards our nation's security from foreign aggression,
-- in protecting our environment and in helping americans live product tiffed and fulfilling lives. as i luke back over the last -- as i look back over the last 30 years, many of the arguments that have consumed our time here in the senate, whether on questions of spending or taxes or regulation or fiscal policy, those questions have divided between those who saw government as the problem and those who believed that it could and should be a constructive force for helping the american people...
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front groups, such as the global climate coalition, information council for the environment, heartland institute, annapolis center, and cooler heads coalition are created or enlisted to propagate this message of doubt. deniers question the motives and engage in harassment of the real credentialed climate scientists. well, for the record, there has been scientific debate regarding climate change. ideas have been tested, theories have been ventured, and the evidence keeps coming back to the same conclusion: increased carbon dioxide in the atmosphere from human-related sources is strengthening the greenhouse effect, adding to recent warming, and acidifying the oceans. actually, the evidence coming in tends to confirm the worst and most dangerous projections. mr. president, may i interrupt my remarks and ask unanimous consent that morning business be extended until 2:00 p.m. with senators permitted to speak therein for up to ten minutes each. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. whitehousemr. whitehouse: ak unanimous consent that that exchange be moved to the beginning or the end
front groups, such as the global climate coalition, information council for the environment, heartland institute, annapolis center, and cooler heads coalition are created or enlisted to propagate this message of doubt. deniers question the motives and engage in harassment of the real credentialed climate scientists. well, for the record, there has been scientific debate regarding climate change. ideas have been tested, theories have been ventured, and the evidence keeps coming back to the same...
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economic environment worldwide. we should not accept john engler, he and i philosophically don't agree on much. i'm just being honest. but john is exactly right when he says the only thing that's good for us to destroy your credit rating. so i can send a very clear message to people here. we are not going to play that game. if congress in any way suggest that they're going to try negotiations, tickets to the brink of default once again is part of a budget negotiation, which by the way we have never done in our history and so we did it last year. i will not play that game. because we've got to break that habit before it starts. >> see the full remarks tonight at 9:00 p.m. eastern on our companion network on the c-span. >> early in primetime, kristen holland and tennessee republican senator bob corker discussed the january fiscal deadline at an event hosted by bloomberg government and deloitte consulting. see that at 8:00 p.m. eastern on c-span. >> we have had these explosions of knowledge in medicine, but we have not
economic environment worldwide. we should not accept john engler, he and i philosophically don't agree on much. i'm just being honest. but john is exactly right when he says the only thing that's good for us to destroy your credit rating. so i can send a very clear message to people here. we are not going to play that game. if congress in any way suggest that they're going to try negotiations, tickets to the brink of default once again is part of a budget negotiation, which by the way we have...
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these images show what it happen to the pteropod shell when the creature's underwater environment is lacking in those compounds and becomes more acidic. that's not good for the pteropods. another study compared pteropods incubated in sea water with today's ph to pteropods incubated in water with the acidity and chemical conditions predicted for the year 2100. the study found a 28% decrease in shell growth. maintaining their shells against that acidity requires energy, energy that would otherwise go into other biologic processes like growth or reproduction. so increasin increasing ocean as an irainternal stress that maket harder for the pteropod to survive. so who cares about the lowly pteropod? well, salmon do. 47% of the diet of some salmon species in the pacific is pteropods. and the salmon fisheries that support coastal jobs and economies care about the salmon. ocean fishing in the u.s. overall is a multibillion-dollar industry connected to hundreds of thousands of livelihoods and we should care about our fisheries industry. , even if you don't care about the salmon or the lowly p
these images show what it happen to the pteropod shell when the creature's underwater environment is lacking in those compounds and becomes more acidic. that's not good for the pteropods. another study compared pteropods incubated in sea water with today's ph to pteropods incubated in water with the acidity and chemical conditions predicted for the year 2100. the study found a 28% decrease in shell growth. maintaining their shells against that acidity requires energy, energy that would...
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but the ability to stumble on them or to hear people talking about them, let me do it into an environment and can go paddling kind of go paddling around in there, so defined, i kind of like honey boo boo and on watching it, i still think that's a huge part of the american television experience. and i think it gets sold short we get the techno- ecstatic dogma anytime, anywhere, now. i do still think a lot of american love the enjoyment of escape and be able to kind of roam around the tv channel finding things they didn't know were there. >> michael powell on the future of television, tonight eight eastern on "the communicators," on c-span2. >> we are live this morning at the woodrow wilson center here in washington where immigrationworks u.s.a. is hosting a forum on the impact of the latino vote 2012 presidential race. panelists will analyze the outcome of november's election and whether it will impact immigration policy. among the speakers today, a member of president obama's presidential campaign, dan restrepo, and "washington times" political editor, stephen finan. this is live coverage
but the ability to stumble on them or to hear people talking about them, let me do it into an environment and can go paddling kind of go paddling around in there, so defined, i kind of like honey boo boo and on watching it, i still think that's a huge part of the american television experience. and i think it gets sold short we get the techno- ecstatic dogma anytime, anywhere, now. i do still think a lot of american love the enjoyment of escape and be able to kind of roam around the tv channel...
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debate about whether this was ever a good idea, but i don't understand how you can justify it now, in an environment where -- that doesn't even faintl faintly rese the crisis circumstances of 2008. and if we're going to extend it now for two more years when there's clearly no need for it, it certainly seems to me to suggest an interest in making this a permanent feature of the american banking system -- permanent, unlimited, guarantees the socialization of deposits in country this country, which i think is a terrible idea. secondly, this a big contingent liability for taxpayers. it's about $1.5 trillion in deposits right now that fall into this category and are being guaranteed and would continue to be guaranteed if the guarantee were extended. it's also worth 2340e9in notings mostly benefits the big banks. big banks have a disproportionate share of accounts. 19 of the big banks hold two-thirds of all the deposits in accounts that are guaranteed under the t.a.g. program. i would argue that there's something maybe even worse than all of this about this. i believe that the very existence of the t.a.g.
debate about whether this was ever a good idea, but i don't understand how you can justify it now, in an environment where -- that doesn't even faintl faintly rese the crisis circumstances of 2008. and if we're going to extend it now for two more years when there's clearly no need for it, it certainly seems to me to suggest an interest in making this a permanent feature of the american banking system -- permanent, unlimited, guarantees the socialization of deposits in country this country,...
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the space to positively influenced the environment is narrowing and may be closing. the establishment of the new opposition group combined with better understanding of the armed population provides a renewed opportunity for a more assertive u.s. policy. let me propose a couple of ideas. number one, first, the u.s. must lead an effort to better coordinate international support for the moderate syrian opposition. several countries over the past 20 months have provided different degrees of military political and humanitarian assistance to syrian opposition groups inside of the country. which has led to a common complaint from those in the opposition. they say that the u.s. and the international community have applied considerable pressure on the syrian opposition to called less and coordinate. yet these countries providing assistance to the opposition are sometimes not coordinated among themselves. and sometimes work at cross purposes. they want us to keep our own advice, which i think is a fair statement. a lack of international coordination serves to exacerbate tensio
the space to positively influenced the environment is narrowing and may be closing. the establishment of the new opposition group combined with better understanding of the armed population provides a renewed opportunity for a more assertive u.s. policy. let me propose a couple of ideas. number one, first, the u.s. must lead an effort to better coordinate international support for the moderate syrian opposition. several countries over the past 20 months have provided different degrees of...